Evaluation Q6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Previous to creating our thriller, I had never used a DSLR camera, a boom mic/pole, a voice recorder, a tripod or premier pro/after effects. Therefore, I have gained many different skills and how to use all the different equipment and editing software’s. We decided to use the DSLR camera as it offers exceptional resolution and is very easy to transport/use, especially when we need to take the equipment to different locations. We also found that it was extremely easy to transfer footage from the DLSR onto the computers, which helped us in terms of time management as it saved us a lot of time. Throughout the production of our thriller, myself and my other group member spent a lot of time in our media room frequently making amendments and testing out different effects. I spent most of my time learning how to make titles and I used after effects and premier pro in order to create some titling for our product, which I am very proud of. We also used after effects to edit our lighting, some shots were too light so we used the software to darken the footage and make it look scarier/eerie. I think that premier pro was the best and simplest technology for us to use when editing our footage and sequencing our film. It was easy to access all the effects and to edit the footage together. Premier pro and after effects also enabled us to cut/crop any unwanted frames which allowed our sequence to flow smoothly just like a real film opening. Furthermore, premier pro allowed us to edit our soundtrack by enabling us to fade/increase the tempo in order to create the perfect track for our thriller. As I have never used premier pro, I was anxious that it would take me a long time to pick up and understand but it didn't, which assisted in speeding up the whole process of creating our film.